The former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Tuesday berated his successor, Uba Sani, for supporting President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
In a post on his X handle, the former governor alleged that Sani was supporting the Tinubu government for personal gains.
He added that the state government had received N150 billion in reimbursements from the Federal Government in the last 18 months.
El-Rufai and Sani fell out last year over statements credited to his successor on the state finances.
The governor at a town hall meeting in March 2024 said his government inherited a huge debt burden of $587 million, N85 billion, and 115 contractual liabilities from the El-Rufai administration.
In June of the same year, the Kaduna State House of Assembly indicted the former governor and some key members of his cabinet for alleged corruption in the awards of contracts and management of both domestic and foreign loans obtained by his government.
The previous year, the Senate rejected El-Rufai’s ministerial nomination by President Tinubu.
A few weeks ago, he criticized the Tinubu government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for fostering bad leadership in the country.
El-Rufai’s criticism of the governor followed his remark during an interview with journalists last week.
Sani during the interview decried his predecessor’s and other leading APC members’ criticism of the Tinubu administration.
In his post on social media, El-Rufai claimed the state government had received N150 billion in reimbursements from the Federal Government in the last 18 months.
He wrote: KADUNA UPDATE: “When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, is the truth.” – Sherlock Holmes
“Every day I see this governor embarrassingly and sycophantically rambling, I used to wonder why? However, confirming that the Federal Government ‘reimbursements, interventions, and grants’ in excess of N150bn have been given selectively to Kaduna by Tinubu in the last 18 months now explains everything.
“By all means, defend Asiwaju for the conditional cash transfer. Asiwaju has earned it, coming from you. The people of Kaduna State will judge at the right time and place. Have a nice day.”
